Dalai Lama Visits University of Tasmania in Hobart
Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama has arrived in Hobart as part of Australia visit. His Holiness has visited the University of Tasmania’s school of philosophy to deliver a talk advocating individual and universal responsibility in caring for the planet.
His Holiness was invited to the university to celebrate the 10-year-old exchange program between the school of philosophy and the Central University of Tibetan Studies in India.
Professor Jeff Malpas from UTAS says the Buddhist Studies Program has been offering student exchanges for years.
“It’s really the culmination of over a decade of work that we’ve been involved in northern India and with the Tibetans so for us it’s a really important celebration,” he said.
This afternoon His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivers a public talk titled ” Our Earth, Who is Responsible?”.
He will then head to Melbourne for the final leg of his Australian trip.
Head of school Lucy Tatman welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama saying the exchange program was a wonderful success and “great joy”.
Dr Tatman thanked the exiled Buddhist for suggesting the exchange program a decade ago.
Initially speaking through an interpreter, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said it was an honour to take part in the gathering.
His Holiness then spoke of the need for individual human beings to help develop a sense of community with the rest of the world.
(CNS Report)
